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unged (Phil Brown) wrote in message ...
Decide, prior to the session, who exactly is going to act as Producer.

Or hire one.
Phil Brown

The thing about a producer is they can enhance or destroy your
sessions. If the producer isn't recommended by someone you feel knows
what you are looking for, I wouldn't venture it. But what you can do,
is just get someone who knows what you are looking for to be a set of
ears during tracking. The engineer/equipment monkey/studio owner will
be paying attention to the mics being in the right place, and the
meters not clipping, and the tape and or daw running smoothly. They
may hear some really gross anomolies but they won't catch the detail
during the tracking, most of the time. Even at the editing stage, the
editor/studio monkey whatever will be wrapped up in that part of the
performance. That extra set of ears will be there to always hear
weather it sounds okay etc.

Mike http://www.mmeproductions.com